@article{6f4084dad1854e078ba2be4c7e77168a,
title = "Survey on the actual number of nurses required for critical patients with COVID-19 in Japanese intensive care units: Preliminary report",
abstract = "Determining the number of nurses required for patients with coronavirus disease receiving mechanical ventilation and/or veno-veno extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is important to provide quality care. Therefore, we conducted this cross-sectional survey of 725 intensive care units in Japan. Data from 152 units with experience of managing patients with coronavirus disease who required tracheal intubation were analyzed. The median number of nurses required for a patient receiving mechanical ventilation or veno-veno extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was two. This number was more than that according to the Japanese standard determined by government. We conclude that more nursing staff is required for caring for patients critically ill with coronavirus disease in intensive care units.",
author = "Miya Hamamoto and Takeshi Unoki and Mitsuhiro Tamoto and Hideaki Sakuramoto and Yusuke Kawai and Takeharu Miyamoto and Yumi Ito and Etsuko Moro and Junko Tatsuno and Osamu Nishida",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by Health, Labor, and Welfare Policy Research Grants, Special Research, Grant Number 20CA2028 and Research Grant from Sapporo City University (Takeshi Unoki, 2020). This study was also officially supported by Japan Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Funding Information: Grant from Sapporo City University, Grant/Award Number: Takeshi Unoki 2020; Health, Labour, and Welfare Policy Research Grants, Special Research, Grant/Award Number: 20CA2028 Funding information Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Japan Academy of Nursing Science.",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1111/jjns.12424",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
journal = "Japan Journal of Nursing Science",
issn = "1742-7932",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Asia",
number = "3",
}